Kumru F. Toktamis is a political sociologist. Her historical-comparative, theoretically eclectic, and culturally informed research focuses on de/democratization, state formation, political violence, social movements, nationalism, and ethnic and gender politics in the Middle East. Her work has been translated into Spanish, Greek, Sorani Kurdish, and Turkish.Isabel David is a political scientist and Associate Professor at the Institute of Social and Political Sciences, University of Lisbon (Universidade de Lisboa). She is co-editor (with Kumru F. Toktamis) of the book series "Culture, Society and Political Economy in Turkey" with Peter Lang Academic Publishers.